A fairly reliable source assures that Microsoft not happy with the situation Xbox is in, an award that includes the two consoles Microsoft currently sells, the Series X and Series S, as well as the gaming ecosystem in general. Game Pass, which has generally done quite well, has to be left out of the equation.

When I do a literal translation of the information provided by the source, I can tell you that Microsoft is allegedly “fed up” with the landscape around the Xbox, and he also said that in this sense the downward trend experienced by the sales of its new consoles is very influential, a reality that contrasts with the enormous increase in sales that the PS5 is experiencing. Microsoft itself admitted defeat just a few months ago.

Personally, I think Microsoft has reasons to be unhappy with the Xbox situation in general, but at the same time, I also think it’s ultimately a result of the mistakes the Redmond giant is making. One of the most important is without a doubt the lack of really interesting exclusives that the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X haveand that Microsoft owns very important franchises.

On the other hand, it is not normal for a console as powerful as the Xbox Series X, which outperforms the PS5, to to receive cross-platform versions of games that perform worse than on Sony consoles. The most recent example I can give you is the Resident Evil 4 Remake, but there are many others.

I don’t want to be conspiratorial, but Sony was the first to open “Pandora’s Box” and started talking about possible “broken” versions so they look and work worse on the PS5, a comment that suggests the Japanese company is familiar with this type of thing for some reason and is very well aware of its existence. Connect the dots for yourself.

In the end, it gives us the feeling that Microsoft is not playing its cards well with the Xbox, and that it has a fair share of the blame for the current state of its consoles. Depending on the source of this information, some users they even began to regret buying an Xbox consoleand would consider selling to get a PS5.

Microsoft may be waiting for the Activision Blizzard purchase to close before focusing on bolstering the Xbox Series X-Series S catalog of exclusives, but even with that in mind, I still don’t understand why those consoles haven’t received any generational exclusives yet. beloved franchises like the Gears saga, Fable or even the new Perfect Dark.